Hay-rack.



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HAY RACK.

APPLICATION man Aus. l.. 1911.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

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HAY RACK.

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Il |l /mll ATTORTEY BERTON L. NELSON AND OTTO E. NELSON, OF BUTTERFIELD, MINNESOTA.

HAY-RACK.

Application filed August 1, 1917.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, BnR'roN L. NELsoN and OTTO E. NELSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Butterfield, in the county of Watonwan and State'of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Hay-Racks, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in hay racks and more particularly to side runner attachments therefor.

rlhe object of the invention is to provide simple and eflicient means for preventing the upsetting of a hay rack or other vehicle body used on a sled.

Another object is to construct a vehicle body having side runners mounted to support the body when tipped and thereby prevent its upsetting.

Another object is to construct side runners of this character so that they may be readily adjusted to fit racks or bodies of different sizes and also to position them varying distances from the ground.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a hay rack equipped with this improvement,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a slightly dierent form of the invention applied,

Fig. 3 is an end view taken from the front of the rack, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment illustrated a vehicle body or hay rack 1 of ordinary construction is shown having the usual end members 2 and mounted on a bob sled 3. This sled 3 is secured to the rack 1 by any suitable means so that all possibility of the sled becoming detached from the rack is prevented.

The attachment constituting this invention comprises two side runners 4 and 5 which depend from the bottom of the rack at opposite sides thereof as is shown clearly in Fig. 3 and which preferably slant outward from the rack so as to insure the run- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

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ners fitting flat against the ground in case the rack should be tipped owing to the passage of the sled over a snow drift or other obstruction.

In the form shown in Fig. 1 these side runners are constructed of spring steel with the front ends thereof curved upwardly and attached to the front ends of the rack as shown at 7 while the rears ends thereof eX- tend straight out beyond the rear end of the rack body, said runners being made of sufficient length to permit them to be mounted on racks of varying lengths.

Secured to the upper face of each runner is a bar 8 fixed thereto in any suitable manner and which operates to strengthen the runners. Projecting upwardly from the bar 8 are two standards 9 and 10 and a similar standard 11 projects upwardly from the rear end of the runner proper. These standards 9, 10 and 11 are provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced bolt apertures 12 as is shown clearly in Fig. 4 and which are designed to receive bolts 13 which adjustably connect said standards with depending bars 14 and 15 carried by a beam 16 mounted on the rack body to vary the height of the runners 4 and 5. The standard 11 is connected with a similar bar 17 carried by the rear end of the rack. As shown, these bars 14 and 15 are detachably connected with brackets 18 clamped to the beam 16. This beam 16 extends under the cross bars 16 and is secured thereto by U-shaped clamping members 19, which depend from the bottom of the rack and is held clamped under the cross bars by beams 16 as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. The bars 14, 15 and 17 overlap the standards 9, 10 and 11 to provide for the adjustment thereof to position the side runners 4 and 5 any desired distance from the ground according to the height of the sled on which the rack is secured.

1n the form shown in Fig. 2, the runners as 6 are curved upwardly at both ends and secured respectively to the front and rear ends of the rack, the standard 11 and bar 17 being omitted from this form of the invention.

The runners 4 and 5 as shown clearly in Figs. 3 and 4 taper in width from their front ends and have their tread portions 20 disposed at an oblique angle to the bottom of the rack so that when said rack is tipped either to one side or the other these tread portions of the runners will flatly engage the surface over which the sled is being drawn and prevent all possibility of the rack being upset.

From the above description it will be obvious that these runners 4L and 5 are de' tachably connected with the rack l as they are designed to be used only when snow is on the ground and when the rack is to be used in connection with an ordinary wagon these runners will be detached or they may be allowed to remain thereon if found desirable, but the removal thereof lightens the now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, we desire to have it understood that thedevice shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made as are Within the scope of the claimed invention.

We claim The combination with a sled having a hay rack liXed thereto, said rack having cross bars longitudinally spaced from each other, beams arranged under said cross bars and clamped thereto, runners extending longitudinally of the rack on opposite sides thereof, and standards clamped to said beams and secured to said runners.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

BERTON L. NELSON. vOTTO E. NELSON.

Witnesses:

MILTON J. NELSON,

J. KALLER.

Copies of this patent mayr be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

